Danilo Kalafatović, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Danilo Kalafatović

Serbian soldier

Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1875

Place of Birth: Konarevo, Raška District, Serbia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Danilo Kalafatović

  • Danilo Kalafatovic (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ???????????; 27 October 1875 – 1946) was a Serbian military officer and Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) who served in the armies of the Kingdom of Serbia (Royal Serbian Army) and Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Royal Yugoslav Army) during the first half of the 20th century.
  • During the Second World War, he was briefly Chief of the General Staff and Supreme Commander of Yugoslavia. At the end of World War I, Kalafatovic became head of the operational section of the Serbian general staff.During the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, on 13 April 1941 General Kalafatovic was named Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Yugoslav Army by King Peter II, succeeding General Dušan Simovic.
  • Following the defeat of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kalafatovic designated Foreign Minister Aleksandar Cincar-Markovic and General Radivoje Jankovic to sign the unconditional surrender of the country to the Axis powers.
  • He died in 1945 in Moosburg, Allied-occupied Germany.

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